On A Portrait Of Wordsworth By B. R. Haydon
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Ebb audibly along tain-wind,
t the rock, and show behind
ting up to crowd
ty. h forehead bowed
And humble-lidded eyes, as one inclined
Before t of his own mind,
And very meek ions proud,
takes ful place as poet-priest
By tar, singing prayer and prayer
to the higher heavens. A noble vision free
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